Hurricane Paul to hit Baja California soon

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NASA via AFP - Getty ImagesThis satellite-based image shows Hurricane Paul early Tuesday. By Miguel Llanos, NBC NewsHurricane Paul was expected to make landfall Tuesday afternoon along a lightly populated area of Mexico's Baja California.

Early Tuesday, the Category 2  hurricane was about 70 miles south of Cabo San Lazaro and was moving  north-northeast at 21 miles per hour with maximum wind speeds  of 105 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported.

Up to 10 inches of rain in some places could trigger flooding or mudslides, the center  said, warning the storm would cause dangerous coastal waves.


Mexico issued a hurricane warning from  Santa Fe northward to Punta Abreojos on the country's western Baja peninsula,  the center said. On the east coast, a hurricane warning stretched from Mulege to San Evaristo.

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